This is probably the biggest hurdle in trading. Normal draw downs are longer and deeper than most new traders are prepared for emotionally and...
There are many aspects to consider when comparing all in/out vs scaling strategies. Scaling can help counter some of the variance of trading...
er2 is around 300K a day. Hard to gauge TF since volume is increasing very fast. Just a few months ago, TF volume was less than 500 a day....
I love trading this as well and find it easier to trade than ES, NQ and YM. Volume is starting to pick up on ICE and with the IWM (R2K ETF)...
Oh I know. And the majority of big traders who are still on top have blown out on more than one occasion using that strategy. I'm more risk...
Nobody knows for certain if they will be profitable tomorrow. If I didn't think I had a reasonable chance to be profitable then I would not be...
Simulated profits = no real risk and best of all... no taxes baby :-)
It is impossible to know when a system is just in a bad drawdown period or if it is going to fail completely. All we can do is make a plan to...
This is something that can be avoided by scaling down the system at a certain point. What I do is estimate the max drawdown over a certain...
Thanks. Like I said, I agree with you 100%, so I'm not offended and it was my fault for not being more descriptive with my previous post, plus it...
That looks like a great resource and might be exactly what I'm looking for. Thank you very much.
Appreciate your message, I really do. It shows some of the realities of system trading and well trading in general. I agree 100% with what you...
I'm a programmer / trader and love developing trading systems. And yes, I'm well aware that this does not make me anything special. I'm...
Oh so skeptical, but think. 200% can seem amazing, but it is not really that much. It will NOT make anyone super rich... makes some decent cash,...
I knew, I knew, I knew it. I'm so special, all hail me!
I'm a programmer and trader. Coded my own system in Java from the ground up and love developing completely objective systems that I feel are well...
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